Dysgerminoma in an eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius eximius)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-138

  Strunk, Anneliese ^a   Imai, Denise M ^b   Osofsky, Anna ^c   Tell, Lisa A ^b  

^a Research Boulevard Pet and Bird Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Carrollton West Pet Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

avian; coelomic; dysgerminoma; eastern rosella; histology; immunohistochemistry; neoplasia; ovary; Platycercus eximius eximius

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; OVARY TUMOR; PARROT; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARROTS;

AVES; PLATYCERCUS EXIMIUS;

EID: 79952946737     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9502-081510-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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